Rose Hill Acres, TX 77708 Frost Dates
77708, near Rose Hill Acres, TX: the frost window
Around 02/18 is the usual last spring frost, about 174 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 12/02, roughly 291 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rose Hill Acres in Zone 9a (20 to 25°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
Rose Hill Acres's growing season runs out in roughly 14 weeks — a cold frame or greenhouse kit is the usual way to keep cool-weather crops going past the first frost.
Why 02/18 isn't a guarantee
02/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 01/20 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 03/15 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Rose Hill Acres against the rest of the dataset
Rose Hill Acres's growing season runs about 291 days, ranking 4,487 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TX, it ranks 629 of 2,558.
Learn more
Two guides worth reading on 77708: the frost range, on how to read the range around Rose Hill Acres's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates, on what one yard in Rose Hill Acres can differ from the 77708 normal.